“font-family: Verdana; line-height: 13px;”>Devotees in pink, St.

Louisans flocked to the downtown area to support our annual

Susan G. Komen Race

for The Cure Breast Cancer Walk on June 11. A family and

friends outing,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Marion “Snookie” Robinson

led the charge for

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Atty. Christopher and Sharon

Smith

,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Christopher Smith Jr.

,

Robin Smith

Patel,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Kamille Williams

,

Tammy Robinson, Susan

Arceneaux Smith and a host of family friends. Everyone

completed the walk, then raced to a well-deserved family

brunch.

“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Members

and friends of the

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Goshen Oaks Social Club

who journeyed to Tunica, Mississippi a couple of weeks ago are

still bragging about their exciting weekend. The jolly troupe had a

great time creating laughable memories with new and old friends at

the popular Sam’s Town Resort and Casino. A few of the regulars

attending were Chink

and Connie Washington,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Chief LCW

,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Jenise Brown

,

Andres

Broussard,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Carl Bruce

,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Matthew Weeden

,

Vicky Brown,

Roosevelt

Becton,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Kenny Thomas

,

Tyler

Persons,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Robert Ware,

Greg Daly

and Judith

Pruitt.

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“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Meanwhile

a group of St. Louis scenery lovers enjoyed a day trip organized by

NHerBag co-chairs

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Jennifer Jones

(Boeing)

and Sheron

Chaney (College Summit). This spirited crew traveled to

Stonehill

Winery for lunch, a winery tour and wine tasting.

Fortunately, weather permitted a fun-filled day for

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Gwen and Tasha Tutts

,

Brenda

Ringo, Theo

Ringo,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Antoinette Shaw

,

Ashley

Donahue,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Gwen Tutts,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Louise Portis

and an eager

cluster of friends.

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>

“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Brenda

Ringo

“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>is

proud to “toot toot” her horn for daughter

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Brandra X. Ringo

(New York

City) who has snagged a key position working for Senior VP

Ethiopia

Habtemariam – Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG).

Ethiopia is

the highest-ranking African-American female at a major record

label.

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St. Louis

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own

“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana; color: black;”> 

Brandon

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“HotSauce” Glover

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of

Laff Mobb

and Comedy

Central fame is still bragging about his recent trip to LA

where he performed in a showcase prepared for

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>BET

. Looking forward to

the air date. Keep us posted

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HotSauce.

“font-family: Verdana;”>A note

from St. Louis superstar Sheila Banks (New York

City): “I am so excited to share with you the website link for my

first (published) novel, Bittersweet! It

is my greatest wish that you will like what you see . . . and read.

And, hopefully be inspired to read the entire book when it is

released this fall.” Please join her village by sharing this link

with your friends, family, colleagues, clubs and most importantly

your social network fan base:

http://www.bittersweetbysheilabanks.com.

“font-family: Verdana; line-height: 13px;”>St. Louis Chapter

Links, Inc.

Co-Chairs

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Dr.

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Angela Brown

and

Barbara Bowman (STL

Urban League) organized a top-flight event (

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Links on the Links

) for

June 17.  Unfortunately the

chapter’s 9th Annual Golf Tournament Fund-Raiser that

benefits the Links Foundation was canceled due to inclement

weather. Golfers assembled at the Eagle

Springs Golf Course in North County enjoyed a great lunch while

watching planned scholarship presentations. The event has been

re-scheduled for September 16.

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Keep an eye on the

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>

“mso-bidi-font-style: normal;”>St. Louis

“mso-bidi-font-style: normal;”>American’s

calendar

for registration information.

“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>The

annual Father’s Day

Golf Tournament held at the Stonewolf Golf Club in

Fairview Heights, IL was a rousing success. Event directors

Reggie

Smith,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Charmaine Manse Simpson

,

Mike Thomas

and Chuck

Jackson had all ducks in a row for the 7:20 a.m. shotgun

start. To name a few seen on the green:

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Bernard

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Randolph Jr.

,

Richard Banks

Sr., Kevin

Washington,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Mike Claiborne

and

Levi

Kirkland.

“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Citing

the Kirklands, Drs.

Levi and Roselyn Kirkland are ecstatic that daughter

Alana

Kirkland – (2007)

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>MICDS

and (2011)

Stanford

University graduate is on her way to

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Harvard

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Law School

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She will be a member of

the class of 2014.

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Impressive,

“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>Alana

!

Blessings.

“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Enjoy

your holiday next week!

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“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Email

Dana Grace at dgrandolph@live.com.

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